Mistrial declared in alleged gang killing case

Daniel Tepfer

Updated 10:12 pm, Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Police vehicles and a crime scene truck at the scene of a shooting which happened along Railroad Avenue and extended to Park Avenue in Bridgeport, Conn. on Thursday September 1, 2011. Quayman Crosby, 20, was killed in what police have called a gang-related incident.

A mistrial was declared Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in the gangland slaying of a crime witness. Twenty-year-old Jacquelo “Quelo” Medina was all smiles when the 12-member Superior Court jury declared they were “totally deadlocked” after three and a half days of deliberation. Judge George Thim then dismissed them.
Medina was accused of fatally shooting Quayman Crosby, 20, outside Marina Village on Railroad Avenue on Sept. 1, 2011. Crosby was scheduled to testify against reputed Stack Boyz gang member Johnny Hyman, charged in a gang-related shooting in February 2010.
Jacquelo Medina, age 20, of Railroad Avenue.
Photo: Contributed Photo

During the two-week trial, jurors had expressed concern to the judge about the large number of Medina's supporters who were in the courtroom every day.

Medina was accused of fatally shooting Quayman Crosby, 20, outside Marina Village on Railroad Avenue on Sept. 1, 2011. Crosby was scheduled to testify against reputed Stack Boyz gang member Johnny Hyman, charged in a gang-related shooting in February 2010.

A man who rode up on a bicycle shot the victim multiple times in the chest as he sat in his car.

Witnesses at the scene said Crosby had been warned not to come to Marina Village, a center for Stack Boyz activity, but ignored the warning because he wanted to visit his mother, who lives in the housing project.

Police said on the day of the murder, witnesses told them Medina had gotten a phone call from an unidentified person telling him Crosby was in Marina Village.

When he got off the phone, the witnesses said Medina stated, "Word to my grandfather, I am going to kill him," police said. Police said the "him" was Crosby.

After shooting Crosby, police said Media attempted to ride away on his bicycle but fell and continued fleeing on foot.